Can You Manage Social Media?

The Snapshot

Social media needs to be managed effectively to gain any commercial benefit

You are unlikely to be able to dazzle on every social media platform

Find out which social media sites your target market interacts with most

Post concise, engaging and relevant content – and post regularly!

Use social media to build your brands online authority

There is now a multitude of social media sites that you can use to connect with current and prospective clients. However many companies are still unsure of the most appropriate social media platform for their business.

We think that Scott Levy gives some great advice here when he states that; “most people and companies can’t be amazing on every platform…instead of having a sub-par representation in a lot of places, be awesome on a few of them.”

How Do You Choose the Correct Social Media Sites for Your Business?

As part of your overall digital marketing strategy you have probably developed a ‘buyer persona’ or profile of your target customers and this gives you a good place to start identifying the correct social media platforms to engage with. This infographic from Social Barrel displays the age demographic among the most widely used social media sites.

Another key question that needs to be asked before resources are allocated to maintaining social media accounts is what business objectives do you want to achieve from the interaction?

This infographic was created by Social Barrel and effectively highlights what social media sites are more effective for a variety of different objectives.

The initial research should be conducted by every company prior to starting social media campaign activity. This groundwork will help you in the long run to establish a much more targeted and successful social media strategy.

Once you have selected the social media platforms that you want to engage with, you need to remember the following rules:

Only curate and create content that is relevant to your target demographic

Ensure that you post content regularly (at least 2-3 times per week)

Retweet, repost, and share quality content

Include some kind of Call To Action (CTA)

Every social media platform requires a slightly different approach. This info-graphic created by

My Clever Agency highlights the best ways to post content on Facebook and Twitter. This is an example of the level of detail needed to use these particular social media platforms effectively.

Tools That Can Help You Manage Multiple Social Media Accounts.

Social media management software such as HootSuite enables you to share content across multiple social media platforms with a single update. HootSuite also lets users:

Analyse social media campaign statistics

Schedule social media sends

Monitor interactions with users

Any company that is serious about improving its current level of social media engagement should be using software such as HootSuite. In fact, there is a wide range of other software resources that can help you manage the way in which you use social media. Some of these include: